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  • Bankruptcy
  • New York, New York 1979, U.S. Ct. App. - 2nd Cir. 1982, U.S. Ct. App. - 9th Cir. 1999, U.S. Ct. Fed. Cl. 1985, U.S. Sup. Ct. 2001, U.S.D.C. - E.D.N.Y. 1980, U.S.D.C. - S.D.N.Y. 1980
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Practice Area
Bankruptcy
Additional Practice Areas
  • Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring
  • Project Finance Workout and Restructuring
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
New York
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New York 1979
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U.S. Ct. App. - 2nd Cir. 1982
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U.S. Ct. App. - 9th Cir. 1999
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U.S. Ct. Fed. Cl. 1985
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U.S. Sup. Ct. 2001
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U.S.D.C. - E.D.N.Y. 1980
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U.S.D.C. - S.D.N.Y. 1980
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Languages
  • English
Professional Experience
Partner
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Current
Education
London School of Economics and Political Science
LL.M
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Georgetown University Law Center
J.D
cum laude
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Union College
B.A
cum laude
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Professional Associations
Current
Activities: Mr. Seife is frequently invited to comment on bankruptcy issues on national television networks such as CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, and PBS and on National Public Radio and is frequently quoted in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Member: International Insolvency Institute – an invitation-only organization of leading insolvency professionals, judges and academics Member of the Board of Directors of INSOL International (2007 - ) Co-Chair, Group of Thirty-Six Committee, INSOL International, 2007 Chair, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), International Insolvency Symposium, panel on new Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code, London, 2006 Program Chair, INSOL Annual Americas Conference, Scottsdale, 2006 Chair, INSOL International’s Asian Conference, panel on cross-border insolvency, Beijing, October 2002 Chair, INSOL International, Technical Research Committee, 2003-2005 Mediator for the Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, 1996-present Arbitrator for the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, 1985-present
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